Electric car naysayers are sadly misinformed about EV potential

My Clean Break column is a defense of electric vehicles, which are often dissed by auto reviewers who can’t wrap their heads around a world not dominated by noisy, smelly, polluting vehicles. Yes, the internal combustion engine can become and is becoming more efficient. Yes, the internal combustion engine will be here for decades to come. But electric vehicles, despite the pronouncements of some skeptics, will not be dead on arrival. What these folks fail to take into account is that many of the problems associated right now with electric vehicles are likely to be overcome within the next 10 or 20 years as the rate of adoption begins to pick up. The amount of innovation going on in this area is unprecedented, and the benefits will become clear enough by 2020. Nobody is claiming electric vehicles will completely take over. Nobody is saying the adoption of electric cars will be quick. But electric cars are coming — get used to it — and the world will be a better place for it.

Forget having to find an electrical outlet. Leo Motors Zinc Air Fuel Cell uses recyclable zinc balls for fuel:http://leomotors.com/ (see their design under “Evolution”, “Power Storage”).
Also their “Multi Motor System” drive train is a novel improvement over the current designs.
So many ideas, so little resources; will eventually shake out a winning substitute for the oil-based ICE.
Thank you for your positive attitude!

“What these folks fail to take into account is that many of the problems associated right now with electric vehicles are likely to be overcome within the next 10 or 20 years”

Isn’t this exactly the point – if the problems are going to be overcome in 10 to 20 years, why isn’t it legitimate to diss an electric vehicle on the market today?

If version 1 of a product isn’t good, a reviewer should say so, and not feel obliged to give a falsely positive review to boost the industry or because version 2 or 3 of that product should be much better.